You had to ask the awkward question, didn’t you? ?
Okay, the quick answer is around 44K (total of 141K).
The long answer is I need 44K new words, but when I edit the word count is going to plummet to around 115K. I changed some things in the story and had to add more than a few scenes, and as I don’t edit as I go, I’ve kept the old stuff that’s getting chopped until the edit.
It looks like I’ll be finished with the draft mid-July. The edits should be done by the start of October ? Planning on a November release at the latest. Who knows, it could be sooner ?
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